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Sega Cinematic Universe? Maybe. Thankfully sans Sony

Xenon

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Okay this may be a bit of a stretch here. But it would be cool. Though I have a feeling their focus on gameplay versus story is really going to make this hard. So what would be your choice for Sega's next IP to jump to the big screen?


Phantasy Star seems like the best option. But something like Virtua-On would be an interesting left field choice.
 
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None. But then I don't think every movie needs its own shared universe and would rather see SEGA bring their dormant IPs back in video game form instead of movies. I would love to play a proper sequel to Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (amazing roster of SEGA characters and levels to race through) whereas I could care less about, say, a live-action movie adaptation of Jet Set Radio or Crazy Taxi.
 
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lachesis said:
R rated Golden Axe would be nice....
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Me too but the problem is Golden Axe was a take off of Ray Harryhausen's and similar works. So little original meat on that bone.

The lack of any real detailed stories basically leave you with just the basic concepts. Barbarian guy, shinobi guy, fighting cop guy, and a bunch of other surface level characters. Kinda stepping on my own thread here =(
 
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I think they should stick to Sonic in terms of actual movies, at least for now. However, I would love to see a Shinobi or SoR anime. They could start off small like the small Mania shorts and go on from there. I hear the Castlevania series has been pretty successful.
 
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He should just crowdfund a Shenmue anime like Virtua Fighter, which was good to watch despite the horrid animation.
 
Xenon said:
Me too but the problem is Golden Axe was a take off of Ray Harryhausen's and similar works. So little original meat on that bone.

The lack of any real detailed stories basically leave you with just the basic concepts. Barbarian guy, shinobi guy, fighting cop guy, and a bunch of other surface level characters. Kinda stepping on my own thread here =(
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Agree - that Golden Axe or Shinobi or SoR would sound like a 80's cliche'd movie. It's screen writer's job to make the coherent story out of it - and I think it would make a good ground material for anything, since there's practically nothing about the whole plot, except this Death Adder guy terrorizing people.... that you could really do bunch of fun things.

Oh well, what am I saying. I just wanted to see Barbarian and bikini Amazonian hack and slash action!
On the other hand, for RPG games like Phantasy Star would make a better TV series than a movie... unless it's a trillogy or sort.

As per Yakuza... as much as I love the series (I even voted for original PS2 Ryu ga Gotoku as my GOTY back in old GAF days) - but live action Yakuza is... just not as cool. ;) Yes I've watched that Yakuza live action movie too... and while I mildly enjoyed it, but needs a lot of improvements to really break big in the west I think.
 
It's not happening. Non of their IPs have the gravity of Sonic. The most you could get out of PSO is a crappy anime adaption.
 
Speaking of Shinobi, has there been any major ninja movies released in the past 25 years? For Golden Axe, I suppose you could count movies such as LoTR a little bit, but ninjas seem to have been out of fashion for a very long time. Maybe that means that a Shinobi movie has no chance - or maybe it means there is a gap in the market for something original (a ninja movie in the 2020s would count as original).
 
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Speaking of Shinobi, has there been any major ninja movies released in the past 25 years? For Golden Axe, I suppose you could count movies such as LoTR a little bit, but ninjas seem to have been out of fashion for a very long time. Maybe that means that a Shinobi movie has no chance - or maybe it means there is a gap in the market for something original (a ninja movie in the 2020s would count as original).
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GI Joe: Snake Eyes is shooting right now. Ninja Assassin (2009) wasn't very good but had its moments.
 
Great timing for this video. It's a shame that none of the stuff to flesh out the characters made it out of Japan. I do remember there was an anime for the Zillion game as well.

 
Xenon said:


Okay this may be a bit of a stretch here. But it would be cool. Though I have a feeling their focus on gameplay versus story is really going to make this hard. So what would be your choice for Sega's next IP to jump to the big screen?


Phantasy Star seems like the best option. But something like Virtua-On would be an interesting left field choice.
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literally no other sega character has 1% the popularity of sonic.

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Ecco the Dolphin.

The story is batshit crazy enough to say, why not spunk tens of millions on it for a laugh. Put Bruno Mars in it as Ecco's sidekick human interest. And Tilda Swinton as the final boss. Maybe a Greta cameo.
 
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I could see a Phantasy Star or Panzer Dragoon movie, and maybe something with Gunvalkyrie and the Jet Set IP, but that's about it. Stuff like Outrun would just turn into a Fast n' Furious knockoff. They tried House of the Dead back in 2002 and that movie was garbage (first RE movie easily destroys it; even the Doom movie was better). Stuff like Wonder Boy would be better served as a television series, same with Eternal Champions and that IP has been dead for decades.

Otherwise they just have Atlus's SMT and Persona; tbf I actually really enjoyed the SMT OVAs from the late '80s/early-mid '90s, even if they had their flaws. Wouldn't mind something in that style for modern Persona or SMT but it'd be an anime series. Could still be good tho. But realistically movie-wise they should probably just stick with Sonic and focus more on getting the main Sonic games legit great again to tap into the goodwill the movie is bringing.

Because if there's anytime to give Sonic a major overhaul and do something both ambitious and high-quality, now is the time.
 
Surprised no one here has said Shenmue. It's the most cinematic Sega game ever (alongside Yakuza maybe).

They could go the Asian martial arts route, or the artsy Asian silent drama way. They have the OST ready too.

Maybe it's likelier they wrap up the story this way :-)
 
Why the fuck does everything need a shared universe? Oh yeah, avengers money.

Well Sega sure as hell doesn't need a shared universe. Just make some good video game movies is all you need. Everyone anymore is always worried about the dumbest asinine and retarded gimmicks like everything needs to be a trilogy, or have prequels, have a shared universe, and so on. Just make a good movie is all I care about.

But I couldn't give 2 shits about a shared Sega universe. First of all that would require them to have multiple movies on multiple franchises first that were actually good.
 
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NANI!!


Gimmie CGI over this. Seriously ... same with Uncharted 4. USE the goddamn ingame models and make a CGi movie, all with RTX and what not. Hire Blizzard to make the CGi, everyone wins instead of giving noname actors the role of certain iconic persona.

Hence why U4 the Film gonna suck hard.
 
Am I the only one who thinks that Crazy Taxi would make for a great movie?

That and Nights, JSR & PSO and I might be satisfied for a whole 5 minutes.
 
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lachesis said:
Agree - that Golden Axe or Shinobi or SoR would sound like a 80's cliche'd movie. It's screen writer's job to make the coherent story out of it - and I think it would make a good ground material for anything, since there's practically nothing about the whole plot, except this Death Adder guy terrorizing people.... that you could really do bunch of fun things.

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We need some 80's Schlock back. I just spent the weekend watching the Robocop trilogy and some Van Damme movies with my son. I dare say the Robocop trilogy holds up and could be some of the best movies of today.

There is no reason why these movies couldn't exist today and Golden Axe would be right up the alley.
 
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